diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b18711..3e3d27e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,29 @@
 https://telavivmakers.org/tamiwiki/projects/thermalcam
 
 
+### Starting the stream
+
+#### Enable jumbo frames
+
+```
+sudo ip link set eth0 mtu 9000
+```
+
+#### Send start packet
+You need to send a special packet.
+
+Sending it via sudo because of raw sockets:
+```bash
+sudo ./venv/bin/python ./replay.py
+```
+
+To send it you need the capability to open sockets in raw mode, but that does not work well with scripts (see [1]
+
+[1] setcap for executables, not helpful for python scripts:
+```
+setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin=eip ./replay.py
+```
+
 ### Rust lib usage
 
 # if you don't already have a virtualenv. Linux specific, adjust to your OS.
diff --git a/decode.py b/decode.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index aa6152c..f2b6a2f
--- a/decode.py
+++ b/decode.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
 import os
 import subprocess
+from io import BytesIO
 import numpy as np
 from tqdm import tqdm
+from datetime import datetime
 import pandas as pd
 import pcapng
 from struct import unpack
@@ -12,6 +15,7 @@ from PIL import Image
 
 # Create the parser
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Process a pcap file.")
+parser.add_argument("--live", action="store_true", help="Process images live")
 
 # Add an argument for the pcap file, with a default value
 parser.add_argument('input_file', nargs='?', default='in.pcap', help='The pcap file to process')
@@ -19,31 +23,57 @@ parser.add_argument('input_file', nargs='?', default='in.pcap', help='The pcap f
 # Parse the arguments
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-# Now use args.input_file as the file to process
-input_file = args.input_file
-basename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(input_file))[0]
+
+# TODO - probably a better way to do this
+def live_capture():
+    while True:
+        # TODO: This is wrong:
+        # during scapy.all.sniff construction we lose about 27 packets.
+        # we work around it by capturing 2* packets(frame), so we just lose
+        # about half the frames.
+        cap = scapy.all.sniff(iface="enp1s0f0", count=32 * 2)
+        for pkt in cap:
+            l = len(bytes(pkt))
+            if l != 6972:
+                continue
+            data = bytes(pkt)
+            with open('udp.bytes', 'ab+') as fd:
+                fd.write(bytes(pkt.payload))
+            yield data
 
 
-# Read packets from a pcap file
-scanner = pcapng.scanner.FileScanner(open(input_file, "rb"))
-blocks = tqdm(scanner)
-
-# Helper function to safely get an attribute from an object
-def tryget(obj, att):
-    if hasattr(obj, att):
-        return getattr(obj, att)
-    return None
-
+if args.live:
+    print('live stream, import scapy')
+    import scapy.all
+    print('open stream')
+    stream = live_capture()
+    start = datetime.now()
+    timestamp = start.strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')
+    basename = f'live_{timestamp}'
+    blocks = tqdm(stream)
+else:
+    # Now use args.input_file as the file to process
+    input_file = args.input_file
+    basename = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(input_file))[0]
+    stream = open(input_file, 'rb')
+    # Read packets from a pcap file
+    scanner = pcapng.scanner.FileScanner(stream)
+    blocks = tqdm(scanner)
 
 
 def rightsize(it):
     for i, obj in enumerate(it):
-        if not hasattr(obj, 'packet_len'):
+        if isinstance(obj, bytes):
+            l = len(obj)
+            data = obj
+        else:
+            if not hasattr(obj, 'packet_len'):
+                continue
+            l = obj.packet_len
+            data = obj.packet_data
+        if l != 6972:
             continue
-        len = obj.packet_len
-        if len != 6972:
-            continue
-        yield obj.packet_data
+        yield data
 
 
 def removestart(it):
@@ -52,7 +82,6 @@ def removestart(it):
         yield x[0x2A:]
 
 
-
 # Function to parse packet data
 def parse(data):
     hdr = 4 + 2 * 7  # Header length
@@ -73,26 +102,38 @@ def parsed(it):
 # Function to group data into frames
 def frames(it):
     current = []
+    #otherdata = []
     for obj in it:
         if obj['part'] == 0:
             if len(current) > 0:
                 yield b"".join(current)
             current = []
+            #otherdata = []
         current.append(obj["data"])
+        #otherdata.append(obj)
     if len(current) > 0:
         yield b"".join(current)
 
+WIDTH = 384
+HEIGHT = 288
 
-def iterimages(it, width, height, pixelformat=">H"):
+
+def skip_bad_frames(it, width=WIDTH, height=HEIGHT):
     for frame in it:
         if len(frame) != width * height * 2:  # 16 bpp
+            # Will be fixed when we stopped doing restarts
+            #print(f'{len(frame)} != {width} * {height} * 2')
             continue
+        yield frame
+
+
+def iterimages(it, width=WIDTH, height=HEIGHT, pixelformat=">H"):
+    for frame in it:
         yield Image.fromarray(np.frombuffer(frame, dtype=pixelformat).reshape(width, height))
 
 
 # Get frames and convert them to images
-frames = frames(parsed(removestart(rightsize(blocks))))
-images = iterimages(it=frames, width=384, height=288)
+frames = skip_bad_frames(frames(parsed(removestart(rightsize(blocks)))))
 
 # Create the directory for frames if not exists
 frame_dir = f"frames/{basename}"
@@ -100,26 +141,37 @@ if not os.path.exists(frame_dir):
     os.makedirs(frame_dir)
 
 # Save each image as a PNG file
-for i, img in enumerate(images):
-    img.save(f'frames/{basename}/{basename}_{i:04}.png')
+if not args.live:
+    images = iterimages(it=frames)
+    for i, img in enumerate(images):
+        img.save(f'frames/{basename}/{basename}_{i:04}.png')
+    ffmpeg_input = f"frames/{basename}/{basename}_%04d.png"
+    command = [
+        "ffmpeg", 
+        "-y",                  # Overwrite output file without asking
+        "-hide_banner",        # Hide banner
+        "-loglevel", "info",   # Log level
+        "-f", "image2",        # Input format
+        "-framerate", "25",    # Framerate
+        "-i", ffmpeg_input,     # Input file pattern
+        "-vf", "transpose=1",  # Video filter for transposing
+        "-s", "384x288",       # Size of one frame
+        "-vcodec", "libopenh264",  # Video codec
+        "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p", # Pixel format: YUV 4:2:0
+        "thermal.mp4",         # Output file in MP4 container
+    ]
 
-# Produce a video from the saved images
-ffmpeg_input = f"frames/{basename}/{basename}_%04d.png"
-command = [
-    "ffmpeg", 
-    "-y",                  # Overwrite output file without asking
-    "-hide_banner",        # Hide banner
-    "-loglevel", "info",   # Log level
-    "-f", "image2",        # Input format
-    "-framerate", "25",    # Framerate
-    "-i", ffmpeg_input,     # Input file pattern
-    "-vf", "transpose=1",  # Video filter for transposing
-    "-s", "384x288",       # Size of one frame
-    "-vcodec", "libx264",  # Video codec
-    "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p", # Pixel format: YUV 4:2:0
-    "thermal.mp4",         # Output file in MP4 container
-]
+    subprocess.run(command)
+    print("to play: ffplay thermal.mp4")
 
-subprocess.run(command)
-
-print("to play: ffplay thermal.mp4")
+else:
+    output = 'to_ffmpeg'
+    # live: write to named pipe
+    if not Path(output).exists():
+        print(f'making fifo at {output}')
+        os.mkfifo(output)
+    fd = open(output, 'wb')
+    for i, frame in enumerate(frames):
+        print(f'frame {i:3}')
+        Image.fromarray(np.frombuffer(frame, dtype='>H').reshape(WIDTH, HEIGHT)).save(f'test_{i:04}.png')
+        fd.write(frame)
diff --git a/listen.py b/listen.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b735034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/listen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from socket import socket, AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM
+
+s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)
+s.bind(('', 8090))
+
+while True:
+    d = s.recvfrom(1024)
+    print(d)
+
diff --git a/replay.py b/replay.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f664c23..a45f57e
--- a/replay.py
+++ b/replay.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #replay the "trigger" packet. 
 #this packets will start the source broadcasting its packets. 
  
diff --git a/test_rust.py b/test_rust.py
index 5d3a3d7..bf55562 100755
--- a/test_rust.py
+++ b/test_rust.py
@@ -2,11 +2,31 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from thermaldecoder import decode
 import numpy as np
+import subprocess
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+
+# Create a directory to store the frames if it doesn't exist
 root = Path('frames')
 root.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-frames = list(decode('in.pcap'))
-f = np.array(frames[0])
-f.shape = (384, 288)
-plt.imshow(f)
-plt.show()
+
+# Decode the frames from the pcap file
+frames = list(decode('indesk.pcapng'))
+
+# Iterate over the frames
+for i, frame in enumerate(frames):
+    try:
+        # Convert the frame to an image file
+        img_path = root / f"frame_{i}.png"
+        f = np.array(frame)
+        f.shape = (384, 288)
+        plt.imshow(f)
+        plt.axis('off')
+        plt.savefig(img_path, bbox_inches='tight', pad_inches=0)
+        plt.close()
+
+        # Use ffmpeg to display the image
+        subprocess.run(['ffmpeg', '-i', str(img_path), '-vf', 'scale=800:600', '-framerate', '25', '-f', 'image2pipe', '-'], check=True)
+
+    except ValueError as e:
+        print(f"Error processing frame {i}: {e}")
diff --git a/thermal.mp4 b/thermal.mp4
index cd76de9..235cd66 100644
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